SEA KAYAKING -- It's time to quit thinking about a sea-kayaking adventure in the Sea of Cortez and Mexico's Baja California. It's bargain time to the safe part of Mexico. I'm just back from a nine-day trip of paddling and camping -- The gray whales…
HUNTING -- He saw the storm coming Wednesday, but he had eight dogs scheduled for training and he welcomed the wind and snow flurries as a learning experience. "You can't just train hunting dogs when it's nice," said Dan Hoke of Dunfur Kennel off the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Mount Spokane area birder Ron Dexter knew something was up -- or more likely down -- when he a lot of raven activity above his home last month. When he hiked up to investigate, he was not surprised to find the carcass…
HUNTING -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week reported a total of 14,974,534 paid license holders for 2009, the largest figure since 2002 and an increase of 526,494 since 2008. Paid license holders have increased in 24 states in the five-year period from…
OUTFIELD -- George Orr of Spokane no longer is making his voice heard on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, as explained in my outdoors column today. But he hasn't lost his sense of humor. "I love a good debate," said the former state legislator,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
